Cci President George Barcelon Said Access To Free Antigen Testing Will Help Avoid Another Surge In Cases As Mobility Increases Under Alert Level 2 These Test Kits Should Be Available Local Drugstores And Barangay Health Units Across The Country While Are Less Sensitive Than Gold Standard Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction Rt Pcr For Covid 19 Screening News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

MANILA - The country's largest business organization, Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), has called for free and more accessible coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) antigen test for the public as the alert level eased in Metro Manila and other areas in the county. In a statement Tuesday, PCCI president George Barcelon said access to free antigen testing will help to avoid another surge in cases as mobility increases under Alert Level 2. Barcelon said these test kits should be available in local drugstores and barangay health units across the country. While antigen test kits are less sensitive than the gold standard reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test for Covid-19 screening, antigen tests can tell if an individual has a contagious viral infection. "While our primary goal is to vaccinate (the) majority, if not all Filipinos, it is very important that rapid antigen test kits are made available and affordable up to the grassroots level to ....

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